Business Analysis

Course Objectives:      

This course is designed for business professionals to help them achieve the following basics of business analysis skills:

• Acquire business acumen
• Build a strategic plan of how your business (or your employer’s business) can leverage data for superior performance
• Be able to understand how to measure business performance
• Learn from a professional with a proven track record and valuable experience
• Become familiar with modern business analytics techniques
• Understand stakeholder mapping

Course Content:

Introduction

• What is Business Analysis?
• Key Concepts and Techniques
• Underlying Competencies

Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring

• Plan Business Analysis Approach
• Conduct Stakeholder Analysis
• Plan Business Analysis Activities
• Plan Business Analysis Communication
• Plan Requirements Management Process
• Manage Business Analysis Performance

Enterprise Analysis

• Define Business Need
• Assess Capability Gaps
• Determine Solution Approach
• Define Solution Scope
• Define Business Case
• Requirements Analysis
• Prioritize Requirements
• Define Assumptions and Constraints
• Verify and validate Requirements

Underlying Competencies

• Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving
• Business Knowledge
• Communication Skills
• Software Applications

Techniques

• Benchmarking
• Brainstorming
• Data Flow Diagrams
• Focus Groups
• Interviews
• Metrics and Key Performance Indicators
• Risk Analysis
• Root Cause Analysis
• Survey/Questionnaire
• SWOT Analysis
• Vendor Assessment